| Author: | Jerry Rose | ISBN: | 9781635685909 |
| Publisher: | Page Publishing, Inc. | Publication: | April 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jerry Rose |
| ISBN: | 9781635685909 |
| Publisher: | Page Publishing, Inc. |
| Publication: | April 4, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Not true! Words can and have hurt people terribly, and they have helped them as well: words of consolation or of profound explanation have had huge positive human effects. So words are serious and consequential---something that needs to be said at the opening of a book that plays with words in many many ways. But the premise of this writing is that word play is very important itself since it allows us to review the experience of our lives when we step back from the frustrations of our children, our jobs, our lousy football teams, our infirmities of age etc etc and to put a humorous twist on difficulties in our lives---a feeling like one gets in the theatre, where another form of plays allows us to see the lighter side of our travails as we watch these enacted as plays and allows us to leave the theatre and go back to our own grindstones.
The particular form of word play in this book is an original collection of 300 short rhymed poems loosely organized around three keynoting North American places: in Florida, Washington and Ontario Canada.The book’s sub-title is indicative of the readership to which the work is designed to appeal: “On the road and back home again.” It is a “travel” book in the tradition of road-tripper books---the kind of diversion one may need in a long car trip for the “are we there yet?” denizens of the back seat. But it is also meant for people homebound by age, illness or disability---or any others who are disinterested in physical travelling but willing enough to have the poems read to them and share a laugh with family and facebook friends who like to “pass along” their enjoyment of a well-captioned cartoon.
To sum up: this book is not just about words. It is about life and how we can live a greater abundance and quality of it by opening our minds with each and every poem we read or recite to someone else to a childlike wonder at the incredible privilege we have of living, laughing and loving on this Planet Earth.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Not true! Words can and have hurt people terribly, and they have helped them as well: words of consolation or of profound explanation have had huge positive human effects. So words are serious and consequential---something that needs to be said at the opening of a book that plays with words in many many ways. But the premise of this writing is that word play is very important itself since it allows us to review the experience of our lives when we step back from the frustrations of our children, our jobs, our lousy football teams, our infirmities of age etc etc and to put a humorous twist on difficulties in our lives---a feeling like one gets in the theatre, where another form of plays allows us to see the lighter side of our travails as we watch these enacted as plays and allows us to leave the theatre and go back to our own grindstones.
The particular form of word play in this book is an original collection of 300 short rhymed poems loosely organized around three keynoting North American places: in Florida, Washington and Ontario Canada.The book’s sub-title is indicative of the readership to which the work is designed to appeal: “On the road and back home again.” It is a “travel” book in the tradition of road-tripper books---the kind of diversion one may need in a long car trip for the “are we there yet?” denizens of the back seat. But it is also meant for people homebound by age, illness or disability---or any others who are disinterested in physical travelling but willing enough to have the poems read to them and share a laugh with family and facebook friends who like to “pass along” their enjoyment of a well-captioned cartoon.
To sum up: this book is not just about words. It is about life and how we can live a greater abundance and quality of it by opening our minds with each and every poem we read or recite to someone else to a childlike wonder at the incredible privilege we have of living, laughing and loving on this Planet Earth.
